Read Desert Storm Air War: The Aerial Campaign Against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War

Desert Storm Air War: The Aerial Campaign Against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War

Jim Corrigan

4.9/5 (9308 ratings)

Description:The air campaign that opened the Gulf War in January 1991 was one of the most stunning in history. For five weeks, American and other Coalition aircraft pounded enemy targets with 88,000 tons of bombs. Sorties—more than 100,000 of them—were launched from bases in Saudi Arabia, from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, and even from bases in the United States. The skies over Iraq and Kuwait were filled with a dizzying array of new and improved weapons—Tomahawk and Hellfire missiles, stealth aircraft, and laser-guided smart bombs—and the results were impressive. The Coalition swiftly established air superiority and laid the foundation for the successful five-day ground campaign that followed. The results were also highly visible as the American people watched the bombings unfold in grainy green video-game-like footage broadcast on CNN and the nightly news. The overwhelming success of the Desert Storm air campaign has made it influential ever since, from the “shock and awe” bombing during the Iraq War in 2003 to more recent drone operations, but the apparent ease with which the campaign was won has masked the difficulty—and the true achievement—of executing such a vast and complex operation. Using government reports, scholarly studies, and original interviews, Jim Corrigan reconstructs events through the eyes of not only the strategists who planned it, but also the pilots who flew the missions.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Desert Storm Air War: The Aerial Campaign Against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War. To get started finding Desert Storm Air War: The Aerial Campaign Against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 240

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Release: 2017

ISBN: 0811717763

Description: The air campaign that opened the Gulf War in January 1991 was one of the most stunning in history. For five weeks, American and other Coalition aircraft pounded enemy targets with 88,000 tons of bombs. Sorties—more than 100,000 of them—were launched from bases in Saudi Arabia, from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, and even from bases in the United States. The skies over Iraq and Kuwait were filled with a dizzying array of new and improved weapons—Tomahawk and Hellfire missiles, stealth aircraft, and laser-guided smart bombs—and the results were impressive. The Coalition swiftly established air superiority and laid the foundation for the successful five-day ground campaign that followed. The results were also highly visible as the American people watched the bombings unfold in grainy green video-game-like footage broadcast on CNN and the nightly news. The overwhelming success of the Desert Storm air campaign has made it influential ever since, from the “shock and awe” bombing during the Iraq War in 2003 to more recent drone operations, but the apparent ease with which the campaign was won has masked the difficulty—and the true achievement—of executing such a vast and complex operation. Using government reports, scholarly studies, and original interviews, Jim Corrigan reconstructs events through the eyes of not only the strategists who planned it, but also the pilots who flew the missions.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Desert Storm Air War: The Aerial Campaign Against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War. To get started finding Desert Storm Air War: The Aerial Campaign Against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Desert Storm Air War: The Aerial Campaign Against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War

Desert Storm Air War: The Aerial Campaign Against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War

More Books

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

Alan Turing (Profiles in Mathematics)

Alan Turing (Profiles in Mathematics)

The Acme Novelty Library, Issue 1, Winter 1993–1994: Jimmy Corrigan

The Acme Novelty Library, Issue 1, Winter 1993–1994: Jimmy Corrigan

Comics by Ed Brubaker: Characters Created by Ed Brubaker, Jim Corrigan, Vulcan, Captain America: Reborn, Gotham Central, the Immortal Iron Fist

Comics by Ed Brubaker: Characters Created by Ed Brubaker, Jim Corrigan, Vulcan, Captain America: Reborn, Gotham Central, the Immortal Iron Fist

Cargo Planes (The Military Experiences in the Air)

Cargo Planes (The Military Experiences in the Air)

The 1960s Decade in Photos: Love, Freedom, and Flower Power (Amazing Decades in Photos)

The 1960s Decade in Photos: Love, Freedom, and Flower Power (Amazing Decades in Photos)

Ethiopia (The Evolution of Africa's Major Nations)

Ethiopia (The Evolution of Africa's Major Nations)

The 1970s Decade in Photos: Protest and Change (Amazing Decades in Photos)

The 1970s Decade in Photos: Protest and Change (Amazing Decades in Photos)

The 1920s Decade in Photos: The Roaring Twenties (Amazing Decades in Photos)

The 1920s Decade in Photos: The Roaring Twenties (Amazing Decades in Photos)